Mistress America

Greta Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach reunite after 2012's fantastic Frances Ha for this comedy about Tracy (Gerwig), a lonely college freshman in New York. She's rescued from solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous type who entangles Tracy in alluringly mad schemes. Says Sundance Film Festival: "Mistress America is a comedy about dream-chasing, score-settling, makeshift families, and cat-stealing."

2015Rating: MA15+, Strong coarse language84 minsUSA

ComedyFestival & Independent

Director:

Noah Baumbach ('Frances Ha', 'Squid and the Whale', 'Margot at the Wedding', 'Greenberg')

Reviews & comments

Noah Baumbach’s latest pairing with Greta Gerwig is a distinctly modern film imbued with the spirit of a screwball comedy. It’s the director’s funniest since his debut Kicking And Screaming, and his most optimistic. There’s still a rich vein of cynicism running through every line of dialogue, but Baumbach’s been stripping away some of his more caustic impulses in recent years, and just as Frances Ha and While We’re Young had a lighter touch than the films that preceded them, this one is practically fizzing.

Noah Baumbach’s latest pairing with Greta Gerwig is a distinctly modern film imbued with the spirit of a screwball comedy. It’s the director’s funniest since his debut Kicking And Screaming, and his most optimistic. There’s still a rich vein of cynicism running through every line of dialogue, but Baumbach’s been stripping away some of his more caustic impulses in recent years, and just as Frances Ha and While We’re Young had a lighter touch than the films that preceded them, this one is practically fizzing.

5.0

Variety

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